Sarah,
I approve publication.  My email address is je_dr...@yahoo.com and so I haven't 
received any correspondence to date regarding this pending RFC. 

Thanks,
John
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2025 at 01:16:17 PM PSTSubject: FW: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 
<draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> for your review
  
FYI
 
  
 
From:Sarah Tarrant <starr...@staff.rfc-editor.org>
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
To: Jorge Rabadan (Nokia) <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>, Boutros, Sami 
<sbout...@ciena.com>
Cc: Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com>, Patrice Brissette (pbrisset) 
<pbris...@cisco.com>, utt...@att.com <utt...@att.com>, jdr...@juniper.net 
<jdr...@juniper.net>, Matthew Bocci (Nokia) <matthew.bo...@nokia.com>, Gunter 
van de Velde (Nokia) <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>, rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org 
<rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>, bess-...@ietf.org <bess-...@ietf.org>, 
bess-cha...@ietf.org <bess-cha...@ietf.org>, slitkows.i...@gmail.com 
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Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> for your 
review
 
Hi Sami and Jorge,

Thank you for your replies. We have marked your approval on the AUTH48 status 
page for this document (seehttps://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9744).

We will await approvals from each of the parties listed at the AUTH48 status 
page prior to moving this document forward in the publication process.

Thank you,
RFC Editor/st

> On Mar 6, 2025, at 4:34 PM, Boutros, Sami <sbout...@ciena.com> wrote:
> 
> The same here, Thanks Ali and Sarah for all the efforts on this.
>  Thanks,
>  Sami
> From: Jorge Rabadan (Nokia) <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
> To: Sarah Tarrant <starr...@staff.rfc-editor.org>, Ali Sajassi (sajassi) 
> <saja...@cisco.com>, Patrice Brissette (pbrisset) <pbris...@cisco.com>, 
> utt...@att.com <utt...@att.com>, jdr...@juniper.net <jdr...@juniper.net>, 
> Boutros, Sami <sbout...@ciena.com>, Matthew Bocci (Nokia) 
> <matthew.bo...@nokia.com>
> Cc: Gunter van de Velde (Nokia) <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>, 
> rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>, bess-...@ietf.org 
> <bess-...@ietf.org>, bess-cha...@ietf.org <bess-cha...@ietf.org>, 
> slitkows.i...@gmail.com <slitkows.i...@gmail.com>, 
> auth48archive@rfc-editor.org <auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
> Subject: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 
> <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> for your review
> Hi Sarah,
>  I reviewed the changes, and I have no further comments. I approve this for 
>publication too.
>  Thank you very much Ali, Sarah for all the work.
>  Jorge
>  From: Sarah Tarrant <starr...@staff.rfc-editor.org>
> Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
> To: Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com>, Patrice Brissette (pbrisset) 
> <pbris...@cisco.com>, utt...@att.com <utt...@att.com>, jdr...@juniper.net 
> <jdr...@juniper.net>, sbout...@ciena.com<sbout...@ciena.com>, Jorge Rabadan 
> (Nokia) <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>, Matthew Bocci (Nokia) 
> <matthew.bo...@nokia.com>
> Cc: Gunter van de Velde (Nokia) <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>, 
> rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>, 
> bess-...@ietf.org<bess-...@ietf.org>, bess-cha...@ietf.org 
> <bess-cha...@ietf.org>, slitkows.i...@gmail.com 
> <slitkows.i...@gmail.com>,auth48archive@rfc-editor.org 
> <auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
> Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> for 
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> 
> > On Mar 6, 2025, at 4:42 AM, Matthew Bocci (Nokia) <matthew.bo...@nokia.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Sarah, Ali
> >  This looks good to me.
> >  Thanks
> >  Matthew
> >  From: Sarah Tarrant <starr...@staff.rfc-editor.org>
> > Date: Wednesday, 5 March 2025 at 20:14
> > To: Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com>, Gunter van de Velde (Nokia) 
> > <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>, Matthew Bocci (Nokia) 
> > <matthew.bo...@nokia.com>
> > Cc: rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>, Patrice 
> > Brissette (pbrisset) <pbris...@cisco.com>, utt...@att.com <utt...@att.com>, 
> > jdr...@juniper.net <jdr...@juniper.net>, 
> > sbout...@ciena.com<sbout...@ciena.com>, Jorge Rabadan (Nokia) 
> > <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>,bess-...@ietf.org <bess-...@ietf.org>, 
> > bess-cha...@ietf.org <bess-cha...@ietf.org>, 
> > slitkows.i...@gmail.com<slitkows.i...@gmail.com>, 
> > auth48archive@rfc-editor.org<auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
> > Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> for 
> > your review
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> >
> > Hi Ali, Gunter, and Matthew,
> >
> > Thank you for your replies.
> >
> > Ali - Thank you for the new proposed text.
> >
> > Gunter - Thank you for your approval of Ali's proposed text.
> >
> > Matthew - Are there any objections to Ali's proposed text and document 
> > updates? We ask because Ali wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Sarah, if no objections from Matthew and Gunter, then please update 
> > > the draft accordingly.
> >
> > A)
> > Original:
> >    Additionally, when the remote ES fails and the PE receives the "mass
> >    withdrawal" message associated with the failed ES per [RFC7432], a PE
> >    device can quickly update its BGP list of available remote entries to
> >    invalidate all VPWS service tunnels sharing the ESI field and achieve
> >    fast convergence for multi-homing scenarios.  Even if fast
> >    convergence was not needed, there would still be a need for signaling
> >    each AC failure (via its corresponding VPWS service tunnel)
> >    associated with the failed ES so that the BGP path list for each of
> >    them gets updated accordingly and the packets are sent to a backup PE
> >    (in case of Single-Active multi-homing) or to other PEs in the
> >    redundancy group (in case of All-Active multi-homing).  In the
> >    absence of updating the BGP path list, the traffic for that VPWS
> >    service tunnel will be black-holed.
> >
> >  Proposed:
> >    Additionally, when the remote ES fails and the PE receives the "mass
> >    withdrawal" message associated with the failed ES per [RFC7432], a PE
> >    device can quickly update its next-hop adjacency list (adjacency list)
> >    for all VPWS service tunnels sharing the ESI field and achieve
> >    fast convergence for multi-homing scenarios.  Even if fast
> >    convergence was not needed, there would still be a need for signaling
> >    each AC failure (via its corresponding VPWS service tunnel)
> >    associated with the failed ES so that the adjacency list
> >    gets updated and the packets are sent to a backup PE
> >    (in case of Single-Active multi-homing) or to other PEs in the
> >    redundancy group (in case of All-Active multi-homing). In the
> >    absence of updating the adjacency list properly, the
> >    traffic for that VPWS service tunnel will be dropped by the egress PE 
> >with a failed ES/AC.
> >
> > B)
> > Original:
> >    *  Default FXC (Figure 1): In the default mode, a VLAN or AC failure
> >       is not signaled.  Consequently, in case of an AC failure, such as
> >       VID1 on CE2, there is nothing to prevent PE3 from directing
> >       traffic from CE4 to PE1, leading to a potential black hole.
> >
> > Proposed:
> >    *  Default FXC (Figure 1): In the default mode, a VLAN or AC failure
> >       is not signaled.  Consequently, in case of an AC failure, such as
> >       VID1 on CE2, there is nothing to prevent PE3 from directing
> >       traffic from CE4 to PE1, leading to a potential packet loss at the 
> >egress
> >       PE with a failed AC.
> >
> > C)
> > Replace all instances of the following terms with "adjacency list":
> >    BGP list
> >    BGP path list
> >    path list
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > RFC Editor/st
> >
> >
> > > On Mar 5, 2025, at 1:16 PM, Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Gunter!
> > >  Sarah, can you please update the draft based on the proposed text.
> > >  Thanks very much,
> > > Ali
> > >  From: Gunter van de Velde (Nokia) <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>
> > > Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
> > > To: Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com>, Matthew Bocci (Nokia) 
> > > <matthew.bo...@nokia.com>, Sarah Tarrant <starr...@staff.rfc-editor.org>, 
> > > Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <sajassi=40cisco....@dmarc.ietf.org>
> > > Cc: rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>, Patrice 
> > > Brissette (pbrisset) <pbris...@cisco.com>, utt...@att.com 
> > > <utt...@att.com>, jdr...@juniper.net <jdr...@juniper.net>, 
> > > sbout...@ciena.com<sbout...@ciena.com>, Jorge Rabadan (Nokia) 
> > > <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>, bess-...@ietf.org <bess-...@ietf.org>, 
> > > bess-cha...@ietf.org <bess-cha...@ietf.org>, 
> > > slitkows.i...@gmail.com<slitkows.i...@gmail.com>, 
> > > auth48archive@rfc-editor.org<auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
> > > Subject: RE: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> 
> > > for your review
> > > Ali,
> > >  Thanks. This sounds good to me, and approved. It describes the failure 
> > >impacts more accurately.
> > >  G/
> > >  From: Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 4:44 AM
> > > To: Matthew Bocci (Nokia) <matthew.bo...@nokia.com>; Gunter van de Velde 
> > > (Nokia) <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>; Sarah Tarrant 
> > > <starr...@staff.rfc-editor.org>; Ali Sajassi (sajassi) 
> > > <sajassi=40cisco....@dmarc.ietf.org>
> > > Cc: rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org; Patrice Brissette (pbrisset) 
> > > <pbris...@cisco.com>; utt...@att.com; jdr...@juniper.net; 
> > > sbout...@ciena.com; Jorge Rabadan (Nokia) <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>; 
> > > bess-...@ietf.org; bess-cha...@ietf.org; 
> > > slitkows.i...@gmail.com;auth48archive@rfc-editor.org
> > > Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> 
> > > for your review
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> > >  Hi Matthew, Gunter:  Thanks for your input. In the context of the 
> > >failure scenarios that is being discussed, there won’t be a routing loop 
> > >or other misrouting but rather a traffic loss (aka black hole). I think 
> > >for better clarification,  the term “next-hop adjacencies” needs to be 
> > >used instead of “BGP path list”. So, I’d like to purpose the following 
> > >changes:
> > >  Hi Sarah, if no objections from Matthew and Gunter, then please update 
> > >the draft accordingly.
> > >  ORIGINAL#1:
> > >    Additionally, when the remote ES fails and the PE receives the "mass
> > >    withdrawal" message associated with the failed ES per [RFC7432], a PE
> > >    device can quickly update its BGP list of available remote entries to
> > >    invalidate all VPWS service tunnels sharing the ESI field and achieve
> > >    fast convergence for multi-homing scenarios.  Even if fast
> > >    convergence was not needed, there would still be a need for signaling
> > >    each AC failure (via its corresponding VPWS service tunnel)
> > >    associated with the failed ES so that the BGP path list for each of
> > >    them gets updated accordingly and the packets are sent to a backup PE
> > >    (in case of Single-Active multi-homing) or to other PEs in the
> > >    redundancy group (in case of All-Active multi-homing).  In the
> > >    absence of updating the BGP path list, the traffic for that VPWS
> > >    service tunnel will be black-holed.
> > >  PROPOSED#1:
> > >    Additionally, when the remote ES fails and the PE receives the "mass
> > >    withdrawal" message associated with the failed ES per [RFC7432], a PE
> > >    device can quickly update its next-hop adjacency list (adjacency list)
> > >    for all VPWS service tunnels sharing the ESI field and achieve
> > >    fast convergence for multi-homing scenarios.  Even if fast
> > >    convergence was not needed, there would still be a need for signaling
> > >    each AC failure (via its corresponding VPWS service tunnel)
> > >    associated with the failed ES so that the adjacency list
> > >    gets updated and the packets are sent to a backup PE
> > >    (in case of Single-Active multi-homing) or to other PEs in the
> > >    redundancy group (in case of All-Active multi-homing). In the
> > >    absence of updating the adjacency list properly, the
> > >    traffic for that VPWS service tunnel will be dropped by the    egress 
> > >PE with a failed ES/AC.
> > >
> > > ORIGINAL#2:
> > >    *  Default FXC (Figure 1): In the default mode, a VLAN or AC failure
> > >       is not signaled.  Consequently, in case of an AC failure, such as
> > >       VID1 on CE2, there is nothing to prevent PE3 from directing
> > >       traffic from CE4 to PE1, leading to a potential black hole.
> > >
> > > PROPOSED#2:
> > >    *  Default FXC (Figure 1): In the default mode, a VLAN or AC failure
> > >       is not signaled.  Consequently, in case of an AC failure, such as
> > >       VID1 on CE2, there is nothing to prevent PE3 from directing
> > >       traffic from CE4 to PE1, leading to a potential packet loss at the 
> > >egress
> > >       PE with a failed AC.
> > >  Also please replace all instances of  “BGP list” or “BGP path list” or 
> > >“path list” with “adjacency list” throughout the document.
> > >  Cheers,
> > > Ali
> > >  From: Matthew Bocci (Nokia) <matthew.bo...@nokia.com>
> > > Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
> > > To: Gunter van de Velde (Nokia) <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>, Sarah 
> > > Tarrant <starr...@staff.rfc-editor.org>, Ali Sajassi (sajassi) 
> > > <sajassi=40cisco....@dmarc.ietf.org>
> > > Cc: rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>, Patrice 
> > > Brissette (pbrisset) <pbris...@cisco.com>, 
> > > utt...@att.com<utt...@att.com>,jdr...@juniper.net <jdr...@juniper.net>, 
> > > sbout...@ciena.com<sbout...@ciena.com>, Jorge Rabadan (Nokia) 
> > > <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>, Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com>, 
> > > bess-...@ietf.org <bess-...@ietf.org>, bess-cha...@ietf.org 
> > > <bess-cha...@ietf.org>,slitkows.i...@gmail.com <slitkows.i...@gmail.com>, 
> > > auth48archive@rfc-editor.org <auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
> > > Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> 
> > > for your review
> > > I am not sure “pathologies” is the right word here. Can I suggest 
> > > rephrasing that sentence to “potential routing loops or other conditions 
> > > where traffic is unintentionally misrouted or discarded.”
> > >  Matthew
> > >  From: Gunter van de Velde (Nokia) <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>
> > > Date: Tuesday, 4 March 2025 at 12:37
> > > To: Sarah Tarrant <starr...@staff.rfc-editor.org>, Ali Sajassi (sajassi) 
> > > <sajassi=40cisco....@dmarc.ietf.org>
> > > Cc: rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>, Patrice 
> > > Brissette (pbrisset) <pbris...@cisco.com>, 
> > > utt...@att.com<utt...@att.com>,jdr...@juniper.net <jdr...@juniper.net>, 
> > > sbout...@ciena.com<sbout...@ciena.com>, Jorge Rabadan (Nokia) 
> > > <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>, Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com>, 
> > > bess-...@ietf.org <bess-...@ietf.org>, bess-cha...@ietf.org 
> > > <bess-cha...@ietf.org>,slitkows.i...@gmail.com <slitkows.i...@gmail.com>, 
> > > auth48archive@rfc-editor.org <auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
> > > Subject: RE: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> 
> > > for your review
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > > For example, please consider whether the following should be updated:
> > > >
> > > >    black hole
> > > >    block-holed
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> I would prefer “black hole” and “black holed”
> > >
> > > Aloi, All, From an inclusiveness language would the following work?
> > >
> > > ORIGINAL#1:
> > >    In the
> > >    absence of updating the BGP path list, the traffic for that VPWS
> > >    service tunnel will be black-holed.
> > >
> > > PROPOSED#1:
> > > In the
> > >    absence of updating the BGP path list, the traffic for that VPWS
> > >    service tunnel will ***suffer from routing loops, misrouting or other 
> > >pathologies***.
> > >
> > > ORIGINAL#2:
> > >    *  Default FXC (Figure 1): In the default mode, a VLAN or AC failure
> > >       is not signaled.  Consequently, in case of an AC failure, such as
> > >       VID1 on CE2, there is nothing to prevent PE3 from directing
> > >       traffic from CE4 to PE1, leading to a potential black hole.
> > >
> > > PROPOSED#2:
> > >    *  Default FXC (Figure 1): In the default mode, a VLAN or AC failure
> > >       is not signaled.  Consequently, in case of an AC failure, such as
> > >       VID1 on CE2, there is nothing to prevent PE3 from directing
> > >       traffic from CE4 to PE1, leading to ***potential routing loops, 
> > >misrouting or other pathologies***.
> > >
> > > G/
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sarah Tarrant <starr...@staff.rfc-editor.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 3, 2025 6:08 PM
> > > To: Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <sajassi=40cisco....@dmarc.ietf.org>
> > > Cc: rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org; Patrice Brissette (pbrisset) 
> > > <pbris...@cisco.com>;utt...@att.com; jdr...@juniper.net; 
> > > sbout...@ciena.com; Jorge Rabadan (Nokia) <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>; Ali 
> > > Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com>; bess-...@ietf.org; 
> > > bess-cha...@ietf.org; slitkows.i...@gmail.com; Gunter van de Velde 
> > > (Nokia) <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>; auth48archive@rfc-editor.org
> > > Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12> 
> > > for your review
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Ali,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your reply. We have updated the document accordingly.
> > >
> > > Please review the document carefully to ensure satisfaction as we do not 
> > > make changes once it has been published as an RFC. Contact us with any 
> > > further updates or with your approval of the document in its current 
> > > form. We will await approvals from each author prior to moving forward in 
> > > the publication process.
> > >
> > > The updated files have been posted here (please refresh):
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> > > https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9744.pdf [rfc-editor.org]
> > > https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9744.html [rfc-editor.org]
> > > https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9744.xml [rfc-editor.org]
> > >
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> > > https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9744 [rfc-editor.org]
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > RFC Editor/st
> > >
> > > > On Feb 28, 2025, at 12:01 AM, Ali Sajassi (sajassi) 
> > > > <sajassi=40cisco....@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear RFC-Editor,
> > > >  Thanks you for your recommendations, please refer to my comments 
> > > >inline marked with “Ali>” . Once they are incorporated, I will be happy 
> > > >to approve it.
> > > >  From: rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>
> > > > Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
> > > > To: Ali Sajassi (sajassi) <saja...@cisco.com>, Patrice Brissette
> > > > (pbrisset) <pbris...@cisco.com>, utt...@att.com <utt...@att.com>,
> > > > jdr...@juniper.net<jdr...@juniper.net>, sbout...@ciena.com
> > > > <sbout...@ciena.com>, jorge.raba...@nokia.com
> > > > <jorge.raba...@nokia.com>
> > > > Cc: rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>,
> > > > bess-...@ietf.org<bess-...@ietf.org>, bess-cha...@ietf.org
> > > > <bess-cha...@ietf.org>, slitkows.i...@gmail.com
> > > > <slitkows.i...@gmail.com>, gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com
> > > > <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>,auth48archive@rfc-editor.org
> > > > <auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9744 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12>
> > > > for your review Authors,
> > > >
> > > > While reviewing this document during AUTH48, please resolve (as 
> > > > necessary) the following questions, which are also in the XML file.
> > > >
> > > > 1) <!-- [rfced] Please note that the title of the document has been
> > > > updated as follows. Abbreviations have been expanded per Section 3.6
> > > > of RFC 7322 ("RFC Style Guide"). Please review.
> > > >
> > > > Original:
> > > > EVPN VPWS Flexible Cross-Connect Service
> > > >
> > > > Current:
> > > > EVPN Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) Flexible Cross-Connect (FXC)
> > > > Service
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> That’ fine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2) <!-- [rfced] We're having trouble understanding "can designate on"
> > > > in the text below. Should this be updated to "can designate"?
> > > >
> > > > Original:
> > > >    [RFC8214] describes a solution to deliver P2P services using BGP
> > > >    constructs defined in [RFC7432].  It delivers this P2P service
> > > >    between a pair of Attachment Circuits (ACs), where an AC can
> > > >    designate on a PE, a port, a VLAN on a port, or a group of VLANs on a
> > > >    port.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps:
> > > >    [RFC8214] describes a solution to deliver P2P services using BGP
> > > >    constructs defined in [RFC7432].  It delivers this P2P service
> > > >    between a pair of Attachment Circuits (ACs), where an AC can
> > > >    designate a PE, a port, a VLAN on a port, or a group of VLANs on a
> > > >    port.
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> It should be changed to “…, where an AC on a PE can represent a 
> > > > port, a VLAN on a port, or a group of VLANs on a port.”
> > > >
> > > > 3) <!--[rfced] To have a 1:1 matchup between the following
> > > > abbreviations and their expansions, may we update as follows?
> > > >
> > > > Original:
> > > >    Ethernet A-D:  Ethernet Auto-Discovery (A-D) per EVI and Ethernet A-D
> > > >       per ESI routes, as defined in [RFC7432] and [RFC8214].
> > > >    ...
> > > >    PE:  Provider Edge device
> > > >    ...
> > > >    VRF:  VPN Routing and Forwarding table
> > > >    ...
> > > >    IP-VRF:  VPN Routing and Forwarding table, for IP lookup
> > > >    ...
> > > >    MAC-VRF:  VPN Routing and Forwarding table, for MAC lookup
> > > >    ...
> > > >    VID-VRF:  VPN Routing and Forwarding table, for Normalized VID
> > > > lookup
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps:
> > > >   Ethernet A-D:  Ethernet Auto-Discovery (per EVI and per ESI routes,
> > > >      as defined in [RFC7432] and [RFC8214])
> > > > Ali> also use “or” instead of “and”:  “ Ethernet A-D:  Ethernet 
> > > > Auto-Discovery (per EVI or per ESI routes, as defined in [RFC7432] and 
> > > > [RFC8214])”
> > > >    ...
> > > >    PE:  Provider Edge
> > > >    ...
> > > >    VRF:  VPN Routing and Forwarding
> > > >    ...
> > > >    IP-VRF:  VPN Routing and Forwarding for IP lookup
> > > >
> > > >    MAC-VRF:  VPN Routing and Forwarding for MAC lookup
> > > >
> > > >    VID-VRF:  VPN Routing and Forwarding for normalized VID lookup
> > > > -->
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 4) <!-- [rfced] We were unable to find exactly "12-bit VPWS service
> > > > instance identifiers" in [RFC8214]. We did find the following in 
> > > > Section 3 of [RFC8214]:
> > > >
> > > >    The VPWS service instance identifier value MAY be set to a 24-bit 
> > > >value,
> > > >    and when a 24-bit value is used, it MUST be right-aligned.
> > > >
> > > > For a more accurate citation, may we update to something like the 
> > > > following?
> > > >
> > > > Current:
> > > >    As stated in [RFC8214], 12-bit and 24-bit VPWS service instance 
> > > >identifiers
> > > >    representing normalized VIDs MUST be right-aligned.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps:
> > > >    24-bit VPWS service instance identifiers [RFC8214] as well as 12-bit
> > > >    VPWS service instance identifiers representing normalized VIDs MUST
> > > >    be right-aligned.
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> That’s fine.
> > > >
> > > > 5) <!--[rfced] To clarify the numbered list, we have updated this
> > > > sentence in Section 3.2. Please review and ensure that the intended
> > > > meaning has not changed. Note that we have made a similar update to a
> > > > sentence in Section 3.3.
> > > >
> > > > Original:
> > > >    Additionally, this route
> > > >    is sent with the EVPN Layer-2 Extended Community defined in
> > > >    Section 3.1 of [RFC8214] with two new flags (outlined in Section 4)
> > > >    that indicate: 1) this VPWS service tunnel is for the default
> > > >    Flexible Cross-Connect, and 2) the normalized VID type (single versus
> > > >    double).
> > > >
> > > > Current:
> > > >    Additionally, this route
> > > >    is sent with the EVPN Layer 2 Extended Community defined in
> > > >    Section 3.1 of [RFC8214] with two new flags (outlined in Section 4)
> > > >    that indicate: 1) this VPWS service tunnel for the default
> > > >    Flexible Cross-Connect and 2) the normalized VID type (single versus
> > > >    double).
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali>  Please change it to: “…  1) the VPW service tunnel (set to 
> > > > default Flexible Cross-Connect) and 2) the normalized VID type (set to 
> > > > normalized single-VID or double-VID)”
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 6) <!--[rfced] Please note that a slash (/) can mean "and", "or", or 
> > > > "and/or".
> > > > We have updated it to "and" in the text below for clarity. Please
> > > > review and let us know if any further updates are needed.
> > > >
> > > > Original:
> > > >    In this mode of operation, similar to the default FXC mode described
> > > >    in Section 3.2, many normalized VIDs representing ACs across several
> > > >    Ethernet Segments/interfaces are multiplexed into a single EVPN VPWS
> > > >    service tunnel.
> > > >
> > > > Current:
> > > >    In this mode of operation, similar to the default FXC mode described
> > > >    in Section 3.2, many normalized VIDs representing ACs across several
> > > >    Ethernet Segments and interfaces are multiplexed into a single EVPN 
> > > >VPWS
> > > >    service tunnel.
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> That’s fine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 7) <!--[rfced] May we remove "service" after "FXC" in the following 
> > > > sentence?
> > > > Additionally, please note that we have numbered the items listed to
> > > > improve readability.
> > > >
> > > > Original:
> > > >    However, only two VPWS
> > > >    Service Tunnels are required: VPWS Service Tunnel 1 (sv.T1) between
> > > >    PE1's FXC service and PE3's FXC, and VPWS Service Tunnel 2 (sv.T2)
> > > >    between PE2's FXC and PE3's FXC.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps:
> > > >    However, only two VPWS
> > > >    Service Tunnels are required: 1) VPWS Service Tunnel 1 (sv.T1) 
> > > >between
> > > >    PE1's FXC and PE3's FXC and 2) VPWS Service Tunnel 2 (sv.T2)
> > > >    between PE2's FXC and PE3's FXC.
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> That’s fine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 8) <!--[rfced] May we update the following acronyms and their
> > > > expansions to better reflect the text in RFC 5885?
> > > >
> > > > Original:
> > > >    The failure detection of an EVPN VPWS service can be performed via
> > > >    OAM mechanisms such as VCCV-BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
> > > >    for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification,
> > > >    [RFC5885]) and upon such failure detection, the switch over procedure
> > > >    to the backup S-PE is the same as the one described above.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps:
> > > >    The failure detection of an EVPN VPWS service can be performed via
> > > >    OAM mechanisms such as Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
> > > >    for the pesudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV)
> > > >    [RFC5885], and upon such failure detection, the switch over procedure
> > > >    to the backup S-PE is the same as the one described above.
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> That’s fine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 9) <!-- [rfced] Terminology
> > > >
> > > > A) To match usage in RFC 8214, may we update the following terms to
> > > > the format on the right?
> > > >
> > > > single-active > Single-Active
> > > > all-active > All-Active
> > > > EVPN VPWS > EVPN-VPWS
> > > > Ethernet A-D per EVI route > Ethernet A-D per-EVI route Ethernet A-D
> > > > per ES route > Ethernet A-D per-ES route VLAN-bundle > VLAN bundle
> > > > Ali> Please do so.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > B) Throughout the text, the following terminology appears to be used
> > > > inconsistently. May we update them to the format on the right?
> > > >
> > > > Normalized VID > normalized VID
> > > > VLAN-signaled flexible cross-connect > VLAN-signaled FXC VLAN-signaled
> > > > Flexible Cross-Connect > VLAN-signaled FXC
> > > > Ali> Please do so.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > C) Since RFC 8214 uses "EVPN Layer 2 Attributes Extended Community",
> > > > should the following terms be update to match? We ask because of the
> > > > possible addition of "Attributes".
> > > >
> > > > EVPN Layer 2 Extended Community (Sections 3.2 and 3.3) EVPN Layer 2
> > > > attribute extended community (Section 4)
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> Please update to match RFC 8214.
> > > >
> > > > 10) <!--[rfced] Abbreviations
> > > >
> > > > A) FYI - We have added expansions for the following abbreviations per
> > > > Section 3.6 of RFC 7322 ("RFC Style Guide"). Please review each
> > > > expansion in the document carefully to ensure correctness.
> > > >
> > > >  Autonomous System (AS)
> > > >  Switching Provider Edge (S-PE)
> > > > Ali>  Please change S-PE to PE. I don’t think you need to expand PE as 
> > > > it has been used many times previously.
> > > >
> > > > B) Both the expansion and the acronym for Ethernet Segment (ES) are
> > > > used throughout the document. Would you like to update to using the
> > > > expansion upon first usage and the acronym for the rest of the document 
> > > > for consistency?
> > > > Ali> Please do so.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > C) We note that "FXC" appears to be expanded in different ways
> > > > throughout the document. May we update all these instances to be 
> > > > "Flexible Cross-Connect"
> > > > for consistency?
> > > >
> > > >  Flexible Xconnect
> > > >  Flexible Cross Connect
> > > >  Flexible Cross-Connect
> > > > Ali> Please do so.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > D) We note that "VCCV" is expaned in two different ways in this 
> > > > document.
> > > > Please review and let us know which version should be updated for
> > > > consistency.
> > > >
> > > >  Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification  Virtual Circuit Connection
> > > > Verification
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> The top one – ie., Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification
> > > >
> > > > 11) <!-- [rfced] Please review the "Inclusive Language" portion of the
> > > > online Style Guide
> > > > <https://www.rfc-editor.org/styleguide/part2/#inclusive_language 
> > > > [rfc-editor.org]>
> > > > and let us know if any changes are needed.  Updates of this nature
> > > > typically result in more precise language, which is helpful for readers.
> > > >
> > > > For example, please consider whether the following should be updated:
> > > >
> > > >    black hole
> > > >    block-holed
> > > > -->
> > > > Ali> I would prefer “black hole” and “black holed”
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Ali
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > > RFC Editor/st/ap
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Feb 26, 2025, at 2:29 PM, rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org wrote:
> > > >
> > > > *****IMPORTANT*****
> > > >
> > > > Updated 2025/02/26
> > > >
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> > > > --------------------------------------
> > > > RFC9744 (draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-12)
> > > >
> > > > Title            : EVPN VPWS Flexible Cross-Connect Service
> > > > Author(s)        : A. Sajassi, P. Brissette, J. Uttaro, J. Drake, S. 
> > > > Boutros, J. Rabadan
> > > > WG Chair(s)      : Matthew Bocci, Stephane Litkowski, Zhaohui (Jeffrey) 
> > > > Zhang
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